Ultimately this is a story with a simple cause: the prime minister outsourced his judgement to someone he *really* shouldn’t have, and now he owns the fallout from that, and hard to see how his government gets out from under that one:
A colleague didn’t recognise me in my glasses so I tried to joke “I’m Clark Kent” but accidentally declared “I’m Ken Clarke”
Trump is now one of the loneliest figures on the world stage. One by one, his admirers have turned their backs on him: Meloni, Le Pen, Farage, Badenoch inews.co.uk/opinion/sten...
Exactly! Not an eyelid batted at whatever kinks I may or may not have had, but I'd better bloody be honest about them!
Been through DV back in the sands of time. It was quite an experience to have to answer question on my darkest corners openly and honestly. That they can fail vetting and get waived through when a normal bod has to pass it for their livlihood is certainly something I have opinions on
Orbán controlled 80% of the Hungarian media and still lost.
That’s one hell of a beating
Don’t give in to despair.
Fight with spirit & focus
The truest thing I’ve read today….🤣
Shouldn't laugh, but am. Bad man
Henry
Have a pic of Henry asleep
Past Present Future @ppfideas.bsky.social. Some excellent conversations
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It's interesting how The Daily Wire attacks the idea that gender is a performance when their sets are all about gender performance. Look at the aesthetics here — the cigars and crystal decanter with Japanese whiskey, the black dress shirt, the tight suit with two-toned double monks and tie bar ...
A mid 20th Century waitress points at a sign that says 'Sorry! You were rude to me so now you get no hot dog'
Europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of Hormuz:
Do y'all remember before the internet, when people thought the cause of stupidity was the lack of access to information?
Yeah, it wasn't that.
Plymouth Argyle this season:
First 18 games: 16 points, 0.89 PPG
Last 18 games: 36 points, 2.00 PPG
Incredible turnaround.
#pafc
The irony
Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
Dear Shabana,
Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Trump's trying to find the guy who did this.
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
I found the longer speech, the whole speech is so heartfelt inappropriate now as well. youtu.be/HfXmpJRZPYI?...
The ridiculous extension of the wait for settled status isn't about putting up barriers to arrival, it's about putting up barriers to integration for people who have already been here for years. It's agreeing with Farage that these people should be treated with suspicion - and leaving it at that.
Sitting in their bunker, licking their wounds post #GortonAndDenton , do you think the #Labour leadership will learn from this defeat? I'm not so sure...unpublished #cartoon #KeirStarmer #RachelReeves #BlueLabour #politics
"MUSLIM VOTER FRAUD IN GORTON & DENTON 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨"
Pitch perfect by Guz Khan @guzkhan.bsky.social
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"Let's be blunt. Let's be brutally honest with ourselves. When you lose an election in a democracy, you deserve to. You don't look at the electorate and ask them, what were you thinking? You look at yourself and ask, what were we doing?"
Keir?
